Travels in climate land

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:48:07 -0700

How many times have you heard that it's cheaper to fly than drive? The extraordinary growth of airline travel in the last twenty years is often touted as a modern miracle of globalization, but it's looking more and more like the blowback may be the impacts of air travel on greenhouse gas emissions. Although the airline ticket might be cheap, jet travel releases more than 660 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year.

On the road again

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:48:18 -0700

In the market for a new car? Now is your opportunity to change your carbon impact. Even if you're not looking yet, keep reading. The car market is changing and, the sooner you understand the changes, the better off you'll be the next time you venture onto the sales lot.

Go All the Way

emily — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:26:12 -0700

As more and more people want to take action to help solve the climate crisis, and with governments lagging behind public opinion in establishing mandatory reduction targets, the idea of carbon offsets has caught on as a way that individuals and organizations can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate use of more renewable energy. Despite some recent confusing publicity, offsets are real, viable, and important as a way to reduce one's climate impact - as long as they are done right.